CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T(3)

okay so bestie 💅 welcome to CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T(3) — it's from the Library Functions Manual ✨. This page is literally about time to connect ⏱️ and it's giving “stopwatch but make it curl” 🫶.

🌸 NAME 🌸

CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T — time to connect ⏳

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T,
                           curl_off_t *timep);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

You pass a pointer to a curl_off_t and it receives the total time in microseconds from the start until the connection to the remote host (or proxy) was completed ⏲️. No cap, that's the whole vibe.

When a redirect is followed, the time from each request is added together 🧮 — yes, all of them, summed.

Also peek at the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page 👀.

🦋 PROTOCOLS 🦋

This functionality affects all supported protocols 🌈.

🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_off_t connect;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(CURLE_OK == result) {
      result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T, &connect);
      if(CURLE_OK == result) {
        printf("Time: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T ".%06ld", connect / 1000000,
               (long)(connect % 1000000));
      }
    }
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Added in curl 7.61.0 🎉.

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

• curl_easy_getinfo(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
• CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME(3)
• CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3)
• curl_easy_getinfo(3)
• curl_easy_setopt(3)

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mwah 💋 and that's the tea — this page is from libcurl, dated 2026-10-12, and the title is CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T(3) 🌈✨.